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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Thursday named virtually unknown Daryl Foster as the national team's bowling coachcum consultant for tour to England another mind boggling decision which will be debated for days to come

Richard Illingworth returned his best championship figures since 1997 on another day dominated by the bowlers at Derby

Pakistan Whites pair of Imran Nazir and Shoaib Malik won the fourth International Double Wicket Cricket Championship, stunning the favourites Pakistan Blues duo of Wasim Akram and Yasir Arafat in the final by two runs at Gaddafi Stadium Wednesday

A magnificent 133 by Greg Blewett, on his debut for the county, helped Nottinghamshire to a first innings lead on day 3 of their Division Two match with Durham

Michael Findlay detected "a kind of fighting spirit that only be good for West Indies cricket" in the just-concluded Test series against South Africa

Majid Sayed, the Pakistani recruit of Biman Bangladesh has ushered his team to an exhilarating victory over Abahani Ltd, defeating them by 6 wickets today in BNS

At the end of a day when 42 overs were lost to rain, Northamptonshire finished the day trailing Essex by 87 runs with six first innings wickets standing in this compelling encounter between two of last season's promoted teams

In January, this year, I asked Wayne Philips, the former test cricketer and the present coach of CBCA cricket academy, to comment on Bangladesh's getting the test status

Desmond Haynes always has a lot to say on cricket, and whenever he speaks on the subject, he commands instant attention

A torrential downpour and huge thunderstorm put paid to any hopes of play on the second day of Hampshire's match with Oxford University Centre of Cricket Excellence at The Parks

The annual Division 1 cricket championship, which usually starts in May, will begin in August this year

New Zealand's Academy team continues to make a big impression in their matches against the Australian Academy side in Adelaide

All three Pakistan teams and New Zealand qualified for the fourth International Double Wicket Cricket Championship semi-finals at the Gaddafi Stadium Tuesday night

Shoaib Akhtar's likely return to Test match cricket after working on a suspect bowling action will be officiated by the umpires who first reported him for throwing

Baroda are the current Ranji Trophy champions after they beat Railways in a cliffhanger at Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation Ground, Baroda

The Sri Lankan selectors have picked a 27-man squad for the forthcoming Pakistan A tour of Sri Lanka, which was to commence on the 9th May, but has now been delayed until the end of May

The spat between the Cricket Board and Sports Minister on the issue of playing against Pakistan, took a new turn today with Uma Bharti holding back a letter to the Finance Minister regarding tax exemption for BCCI for organising the ICC KnockOut

The Sri Lankan selectors have picked a 27-man squad for the forthcoming Pakistan A tour of Sri Lanka, which was to commence on the 9th May, but has now been delayed until the end of May

Despite an impressive partnership between Mehrab Hussain (71) and Habibul Bashar (64), Bangladesh failed to take advantage of another rather disappointing performance by Zimbabwe's bowlers and fielders

More rain in the Worcester area has seen the second day of the Second Division CricInfo Championship match between Worcestershire and Sussex called off without a ball being bowled